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ὑποθήγω

upothego

whet, sharpen, make acute, stimulate

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What it meant

ὑποθήγω · hypothēgō — LSJ

whet, sharpen, make acute, stimulate, provoke

whet, χαυλιόδοντας Ael. NA 5.45; sharpen, make acute, ὄμμα τινί ib. 9.16; stimulate, τινὰ μύωπι ib. 5.39: metaph., ὑ. τὸν σῦν εἰς ἀνάστασιν provoke him to rise, ib. 8.2:—Pass., ὑποθήγεσθαι ἐπὶ τὸν φόνον Id. Fr. 81.

Where it came from

No etymology authority pointer is recorded for this lemma yet — an honest gap, not an omission. The etymological dictionaries (Beekes, Chantraine, Frisk) are matched incrementally.

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